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white supra 'dxpert' white on red plates old northern rd infront of the piazza 5.35pm. maroon 32 on church st 10.10pm

iwas gonna say s2

spotted white 33 s1 @4.45pm on castlehill rd. thought it was wilch

Schumacher ready for fightback March 31, 2005 FORMULA one world champion Michael Schumacher is set to launch his fightback in this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix after seeing his championship defence dented in the opening two races of the year. Schumacher, who has won the last five world titles, is hoping that the introduction of his new Ferrari car, brought in by the Italian team two races early, will push him back to the sharp end of the grid. He has won just two points so far after being hampered by bad weather in qualifying in Australia at the start of March and being simply out-paced by his rivals in Malaysia two weeks ago. But after weeks of relentless testing, Ferrari believe their new F2005 is race ready and Schumacher is preparing to take the fight to current championship leaders Renault here in the Middle East. "After having been in Formula One for so many years, I know that every season has it's ups and downs," said Schumacher, who won 12 of the first 13 races on his way to a dominant title victory last year. Renault have started the season on a high with victory for Italian Giancarlo Fisichella in Australia and a win for Spanish driver Fernando Alonso in Malaysia taking them to the top of the championship table. They are well prepared for the challenge that Bahrain provides, with its high temperatures and dusty track, and are confident that they will be the ones to beat once again. Alonso took a comfortable victory in Sepang, where Renault displayed the kind of dominance that Ferrari enjoyed at the start of last year, and he is looking to extend his advantage at the top of the table here Sunday. "The team has done a fantastic job over the winter on the car," said Alonso. "We tested very intensively to make the whole package reliable and it has been that on both race weekends so far. "The team is definitely on a high at the moment so we will go there feeling very optimistic, but it is hard to be certain. We have been the benchmark at the first two circuits, and I think this can continue in Bahrain. Toyota have been the surprise package so far this season, with Jarno Trulli qualifying twice on the front of the grid and claiming second place behind Alonso at the last race in Malaysia. They are expecting more of the same in Bahrain. "I think the car could be well suited to the circuit so it is natural that we have our sights set a bit higher," Trulli's team-mate Ralf Schumacher said. Williams have enjoyed a strong start to the year, as have new team Red Bull Racing, but McLaren will be a danger after suffering a blow to their title hopes with the loss of Juan Pablo Montoya to injury. The Colombian driver, who partners Finn Kimi Raikkonen, slipped over while playing tennis last Saturday and a fractured shoulder-blade has put him out of action for at least two weeks. The team will replace him with Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa. But this weekend's event will be all about Schumacher and Ferrari and how the arrival of the new F2005 machine will affect the world champions' chances of retaining their crown. Agence France-Presse

Grand new series is A1 By Ray Kershler March 31, 2005 A NEW motor racing series which will "change the whole concept of motor sport" will come to Australia in November with a weekend of racing - probably at Sydney's Eastern Creek circuit. The A1 grand prix series featuring one team from each of 25 countries engendering national pride is regarded as the World Cup of motor racing. Australia's team headed by the former F1 champ Alan Jones was launched in Sydney yesterday in the presence of the series founder, His Highness Sheik Maktoum Hasher Maktoum Al Maktoum, of Dubai. The open wheeler series will offer more than $1.3million in prizemoney for each race with the first 10 teams accumulating championship points. All teams are obliged to employ drivers from their own country - and Jones will trial at least five young Australians for the job between now and November. The teams will all race identical cars with the emphasis on driver skill not technological aids. "What makes this series so unique is that everyone is on a level playing field with exactly the same vehicle," Jones said. "What will make the difference is the ability of the driver and the team - and that's where Australia is going to shine." Participants in the championship will represent 80 per cent of the world's population and Sheik Maktoum said each individual team was responsible for their own business franchise. The Sheik said Jones was responsible for running the Australian team and turning the A1 Team Australia into a profitable business. The Sheik began to plan the series some four years ago and yesterday made no bones about the concept - to make money. "I hope we make a lot of money. It's not cheap," he said. "I took the initiative and risk to make it happen. "It should be profitable for everyone." Under A1 regulations teams can change cars and drivers during an event. The teams accumulates the championship points, not the driver. "This is a national team championship, it is not a drivers' championship," Jones said. The cars are secured after each race and returned to their teams at the next venue but the electronic control units of the cars will be handed out randomly before each race meeting. The races will be contested on Sunday afternoons and televised internationally with Channel 7 in the pole position for Australian TV rights. Sheik Maktoum said the northern hemisphere winter timing of the series was designed not to pit the A1 against F1. "Bernie Eccleston is a friend and I'm not stupid enough to go up against F1," the Sheik said. "This is another form of motor sport. We are talking about two totally different things." But Jones believes the star drivers in A1 will almost certainly make their way to Formula One. He said no decision had yet been made on a racetrack but he favoured having the race in Sydney. "Victoria has the F1 grand prix and the Moto GP, Queensland has Indy and South Australia has the Clipsal 500," he said. "I think it would be good to have this race in Sydney which does not have a world recognised motor sport event." The Daily Telegraph No more bling for F1 pilots From Alan Baldwin in Manama, Bahrain March 31, 2005 FORMULA One drivers have been told they cannot wear earrings and chunky jewellery during races for safety reasons. An International Automobile Federation (FIA) spokesman said the "ban on bling" was approved by the governing body's medical commission after a meeting of the FIA's world motor sport council in Paris today. The final paragraph of an FIA statement detailing decisions taken noted that there would be an immediate ban "on the wearing of jewellery (body piercing and heavy chains) by race and rally competitors". The new Red Bull Formula One team, preparing for the third grand prix of the season in Bahrain this weekend, has two drivers who wear earrings - Austrian Christian Klien and Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi. Klien will be racing on Sunday while Liuzzi drives the third car in Friday practice only. Ferrari's seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher, hoping to rebound from a poor start to the season with a new car this weekend, wears a lucky amulet given to him by his wife Corinna. The FIA did not say how the measures would be policed or what sanctions might apply. Other measures adopted by the FIA at the meeting included agreement that Formula One's technical regulations will remain unchanged until the end of the 2007 season. There will also be no limits on the number of tyre suppliers until at least 2008. All teams will be invited to discuss the 2008 technical regulations at a meeting on April 15 with further meetings if necessary. The new regulations for 2008 must be published by the end of this year under the existing 'Concorde Agreement' that governs the sport. At present only champions Ferrari have agreed to extend the Concorde Agreement beyond its expiry at the end of 2007. The other nine teams have reserved judgement and shunned a meeting attended only by the FIA and Ferrari in January to discuss regulation changes. Five of Formula One's major carmakers are planning their own series from the end of 2007, offering teams that sign up with them a far greater share of the revenues as well as a "level playing field". Reuters

bad luck mate. it was prob. people connected to quote 'Well, Hobbs brothers are history and have lost their licence, dodgy ****ers'

white 33 & black 33 7ish on yarra rd. pennant hills

spotted black r33 gtr on castle hill rd castle hill bound @ 3.20pm & white 33 s2 @3.21pm white 33 s1 @3.35pm castle hill rd thompsons corner bound. also black 32 on anzac parade randwick bound who beeped as i was about 2 jump the fence @ 11.45pm & gun metal 33 on anzac parade city bound 11.50pm

spotted gunmetal 32 gtr m**r32 @ 6.45 turning into castle towers parking ramp. & a the tail lights or a 32 turning from john rd onto franklin rd

it wasnt about union.

New kid ready to rally By Ray Kershler March 23, 2005 THE tendency is to underestimate Chris Atkinson. A fresh-faced Aussie kid making a name for himself in the World Rally Championship might be considered lucky. But at 25 he's no longer a kid and a lot of work was done before he made his own luck. The world of motor sport sat up and took notice when Subaru plucked Atkinson from the Australian rally championship and gave him a drive on the world stage beside its championship leader, Petter Solberg. But there was no luck involved in Atkinson's eye-catching performance at the Suzuki rally last year. Neither, when he comfortably beat experienced rally drivers in the WRC round in Perth. And there was a lot of hard work knocking on closed doors in Europe in between rallies. Now just three rounds into this year's championship the sport is talking about a star on the horizon. "I was never content just to win rallies in Australia but I suppose the elevation came quite a bit sooner than I expected," Atkinson said in Sydney yesterday. And neither is he content to cruise around the world on a learning curve. "I want to make a name for myself. It's not a game any more," Atkinson said. "The team wants me to be fast and to do well and we have to push ourselves to the limit. "As much as people say it's a learning curve, if you run around off the pace all you do is learn to drive off the pace." Rallies in Sweden and Mexico have proceeded next month's rally of New Zealand. So have two crashes. "If I wasn't making mistakes I wouldn't find the limit," he said. "The idea is to go to the limit and stay there. "A lot of drivers never find the limit. They never find the full capabilities of the car. "As long as I learn from my mistakes, I'll be all right. That's the key." Atkinson was understanding when his brother Ben, who had been his navigator in Australia, declined to join the world tour. He has found another Aussie, Glenn Macneall to call the numbers. One is a hairpin turn. Ten is flat out at 200kmh over a blind crest. "There's a fair amount of trust involved," Atkinson said. "But when we crash we crash together." THE Rally Australia round of the World Rally Championship will be dropped after 2005 with the West Australian Government saying the event is not financially viable. The ACT is favoured to pick up the rally from 2006. The Daily Telegraph

Setback for new Ferrari From correspondents in Scaperia, Italy March 23, 2005 TESTS on Ferrari's new F2005 ended prematurely overnight when the car driven by Rubens Barrichello started behaving strangely. Problems ... Barrichello takes the new Ferrari for a spin. Pic: AP The Brazilian had completed 96 laps in the Italian team's latest machine on the Mugello circuit near Florence in Tuscany when things started to go wrong. "I felt something wasn't right and immediately turned off the engine," said Barrichello. But despite the mishap Ferrari's No.2 driver is impressed with the F2005. "The first impression is often the right one and I was really happy with the handling of the car which is extremely quick." Ferrari is in the unusual position of trailing the driver's championship after the first two races in Australia and Malaysia, with Barrichello in fourth on eight points, eight behind leader Fernando Alonso. World champion Michael Schumacher is in 11th place with just two points. Agence France-Presse

Rally needs new home By Tim Clarke March 21, 2005 RALLY Australia is looking for a new home after the West Australian Government announced it is ending Perth's 18-year association with the event. This year's World Rally Championship event will go ahead in WA as scheduled in November, and the state will also host the event in 2006 if an alternative venue cannot be found within a year. WA Tourism Minister Mark McGowan said the state was not willing to spend millions in taxpayers money to host the event because it did not provide a big enough return on its investment. The Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) had promised to help find a new home for the event in Australia, Mr McGowan said. "In WA its time has come," he said. "It is not unusual for events to be moved on when they get a bit tired in the same venue. "It may do well in another state, we are not saying it is a lemon – we are just saying it's time has come in WA. "We haven't taken this decision lightly, and we have taken it on very sound and very reasonable economic reasons – we need to get the best outcomes for taxpayers dollars in WA that we possibly can. "At present Rally Australia is not providing that outcome." The WA Government said it had spent $5.9 million of its tourism budget to stage the event last year, with a return of $9.3 million. Smaller events, such as the Australian University Games, generated a greater ratio of return on the money, said Mr McGowan. Figures released today showed 33,594 tickets had been sold for the rally in 2004, compared with upwards of 42,000 for a West Coast Eagles home game at Subiaco Oval and 42,000 for the Perth cricket Test at the WACA Ground. Mr Large, a FIA vice-president and member of FIA World Motor Sport Council, said he would have his work cut out to find an alternative Australian venue, particularly with probable interest from countries such as Jordan, Malaysia, China and Portugal. "My primary objective will be to keep the event here, and I have been assured by Mr McGowan he wants to achieve that," Mr Large said. "(But) It will not be an easy battle." Rally Australia has been held in Perth since 1987, predominantly in the state's south-west and and the Perth Hills. In 2003, the `City' stage of the event moved from Langley Park to Gloucester Park in an attempt to generate more interest. AAP

Ralf Schumacher blasts Ferrari From correspondents in Frankfurt March 22, 2005 FERRARI'S poor start to the Formula One season is down to the Italian team's arrogance, according to German driver Ralf Schumacher. "Ferrari have brought this on themselves," Schumacher, younger brother of Ferrari driver and seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher, told Germany's Bild newspaper overnight. "How can they be so arrogant as to start the season with the old car? On top of that, they're going it alone with their own tyre contract." Michael Schumacher, driving the 2004 Ferrari that served him so well last season, finished a distant seventh in the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday, after failing to finish in the opening race in Melbourne. After two races, the champion is in 11th place in the world championship standings with two points, 14 behind Spain's Fernando Alonso, the winner at Sepang. Ferrari are also trailing in fourth place in the constructors championship with 10 points, 16 behind Renault. Team bosses must now decide whether to introduce the new F2005 car at the third race of the season in Bahrain, after originally planning a debut for round five in Barcelona. The decision will depend on testing in Mugello this week, with Michael Schumacher due to drive the new car for the first time on Wednesday. "I've heard a lot about the car from our test driver Luca Badoer," Schumacher said at his personal website on Monday. "I'm looking forward to at last trying it out myself. "The first drive is always exciting once again." Schumacher was pictured as a snail in Monday's Bild newspaper, after finishing 1min 19sec behind Alonso in Malaysia, while Sueddeutsche Zeitung signalled the end of an era in the sport. "There's a new colour-scheme in Formula One, with (Renault's) sky-blue the shade of the season," the newspaper wrote. Schumacher accepted that things had not gone well in the opening two races but warned against writing off his chances. "After two botched races you can say that the situation is tough," Schumacher said. "It's definitely not hopeless, though. "I've often known it to happen that in one race I haven't had a chance and then in the next I've challenged for victory." Reuters

Bernie rates Webber's style By Byron Young and Paul Gover March 22, 2005 MARK Webber's battling performance in the Malaysian Grand Prix has won a ringing endorsement from the most powerful man in Formula One. Bernie Ecclestone praised the BMW-Williams star for the gutsy drive on Sunday that probably would have ensured a podium finish had the Australian not been shunted by the Renault of Australian Grand Prix winner Giancarlo Fisichella. "He did a great job," Ecclestone said. "It was great to watch. That was a good performance and he showed what he can do. "He is one of the rising young stars and he was unlucky to have been involved in an accident like that." Webber believed the collision, at turn 15 on lap 36, denied him a certain third-place finish. Fisichella's crippled car locked up on the slippery inside line of the turn and slid into the Williams before climbing over the top of the car and ripping apart the front suspension. Webber was defending third place after passing the Italian on the previous corner. The Australian's German teammate, Nick Heidfeld, eventually claimed third position behind race winner Fernando Alonso (Renault) and runner-up Jarno Trulli (Toyota). "I am disappointed. There was clearly a good result here," Webber said. "Oh yeah, third was on. It was straightforward. We could have been third and fourth. But you have to take the rough with the smooth in this game." Fisichella was struggling to control his Renault after tearing one of the barge boards off his car and losing about 20 per cent of his aerodynamic grip. "He had no rear tyres left. His tyres were finished," Webber said. "When I passed him in turn 14, I left him plenty of room. But in the next corner Fisichella came on the inside and I knew it would be difficult for him to stop. "He lost control of the rear end and took my car out. I thought we were going to get away with it, but when he climbed up over the wheels it was all over." Heidfeld backed Webber's story, including his earlier pass. "I think Mark did a really nice move on Fisi coming onto the back straight," Heidfeld said. "I think Fisi braked too late. It can happen." However, Fisichella said he was ahead of Webber. "I was ahead, and he was on the outside when he took his line into the corner. As I was braking, the rear of the car slid and Mark had left no margin for error, so we collided," he said. "It was a racing incident." Fisichella, the toast of Albert Park two weeks ago, was warned by FIA stewards about his racing tactics. He could face a fine or a ban if he races recklessly again. Sunday's race again confirmed the superiority of the Renaults and the huge problems facing Ferrari. World champion Michael Schumacher limped home in seventh place while teammate Rubens Barrichello had to park his Ferrari with bald rear tyres. Schumacher flew to Italy on Sunday night to begin testing Ferrari's new car, the F2005, expected to be rushed into action at the Bahrain Grand Prix in a fortnight. Herald Sun

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spotted silver 33 s2 shot past on caso hill rd. slvier 32 & white 33 george st. last nite white 33 s2 hot blonde driving bf in passenger seat in broadway shopping centre carpark this arvo

woot im off soon. f*cken missed the 3.12pm bus so have to wait til 4pm

oh saw a silver 32 gtr on old northern going on to showground rd @ 4pm

Toyota scorns Honda over rules From correspondents in London March 15, 2005 TOYOTA has criticised Honda-powered rivals BARfor their manipulation of Formula One's new engine rules. "There has been a lot of controversy surrounding loopholes in the new engine rules, but exploitation of such grey areas is against our understanding of racing," said Toyota's engine expert Luca Marmorini. "Even though our drivers did not score any points in the last race, we decided to pass the chequered flag out of respect for the new rules," he added in a team preview for Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix. "We fully accept the spirit and intention of the 2005 engine regulation and we believe that if we are to challenge for points regularly, we must finish the race and that means having an engine to last two races." Toyota's Jarno Trulli and Ralf Schumacher finished ninth and 12th respectively in Australia. BAR, overall runners-up last season, retired their cars towards the end of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix to enable drivers Takuma Sato and Jenson Button to have new engines for Malaysia without penalty. Button was classified 11th and Sato 14th. The new regulations say that engines must last for two successive races with any unscheduled changes incurring a 10-place penalty on the starting grid. However the penalty does not apply to cars that fail to finish the race. BAR can now look forward to racing in Malaysia with engines that will have done about 350km fewer than their rivals. "Our reading of the rules is that if you fail to finish, it then gives you the opportunity to change your engine because you've effectively taken the penalty in the race you failed to finish," said BAR team boss Nick Fry in Australia. "So we've taken advantage of that and, if we choose to do so, fit a new engine for Malaysia." Reuters

Ecclestone holds key By Ray Kershler March 16, 2005 PAUL Stoddart says there is a great danger of a split in the world of Formula One racing because "five of the greatest car manufacturers in the world are very, very unhappy". But Stoddart says Bernie Ecclestone "the master broker of deals" is probably the only person in the world who can sort out the mess which at one stage threatened the staging of the Melbourne GP. "This issue is not whether Melbourne has a grand prix but a far bigger issue is whether the grand prix has the teams to compete," Stoddart said in Sydney before heading to Kuala Lumpur for this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix. "We are heading towards two Formula One series if we are not careful," Stoddart said. "A breakaway series has been threatened for some time and in fairness no one gave them a lot of credibility because they weren't unified in their vision. "But that has changed. "Anyone who doubts the resolve of the five car manufacturers - BMW, Renault, Mercedes, Honda and Toyota - does so at their peril. "These manufacturers are spending large amounts of money looking at an alternative series. "We are marching towards two grand prix series by 1/1/08 and that is the worst possible combination. "We need to remember that all our contracts expire on 31/12/07 - there is only Ferrari signed up after that." Stoddart, the Australian boss of the Minardi F1 team, again sheeted home the blame for the division to Ferrari boss Jean Todt and FIA boss Max Mosley. "We need to see Mosley and Todt come back to the table with us. If they don't - have no fear - there will be two series in 2008," he said. "We are in the final year of negotiations. "Guidelines in the Concorde agreement, this secretive document which governs F1, says all the issues have to be resolved before 31/12/05 to take effect from 1/1/08." Stoddart said a meeting this Friday in Kuala Lumpur could hold the key to negotiations. "There has to be a peace plan before we go forward and I think Bernie is the only one who can unite us," he said. "But there is an issue with Mosley because Mosley is unacceptable to the manufacturers. It's a statement of fact." The Daily Telegraph

i'm yet to got to a japanese restaurant of ne kind. :kick: :headshot: :bonk: :slap: bar sushi train parra when dad used to own it. bad decisions made by him, he finally got rid of it but still in a legal mess with sushi train.

ochahan. gohan